Friday, 28 March 2014

A firm of consultants hired by the Ministry of Interior to coordinate the controversial Nigeria Immigration Service recruitment exercise in which no fewer than 20 graduate job seekers lost their lives and several others wounded in some major cities across the country, Drexel Technology Limited has given a breakdown of how the over N700 million realised from the sale of the recruitment forms was shared among the ministry, the company, banks and the NIS.

A lawyer from Cameroon, Mrs Ngala Norgu Julia, has been arrested by men of the Cross River State Command of the Nigerian Immigration Service, NIS, for allegedly being in possession of a one- week -old baby girl which she claimed she was delivered of by a herbalist at Okitiputa, Ondo State.

A retired Chief Magistrate in Ogun State, Olufunmilayo Timehin, was on Friday murdered allegedly by her housemaid in Laderin Estate Area of Abeokuta, the state capital.

The help, identified as David, was said to have been employed by the magistrate a few months ago, but was sent packing by his employer few days ago for allegedly stealing and carting away some household items and property.

The Turkish government banned YouTube on Thursday, less than a week after Ankara made a similar blackout of the social networking site Twitter, which is estimated to have more than 10 million Turkish users.Neither website can be reached on Turkish Internet networks. The crackdown comes just days before Turks are expected to go to the polls in nationwide municipal elections.

Actress Clarion Chukwurah has called on the current President of the Actors Guild of Nigeria(AGN) Ibinabo Fiberisima, to resign from office as she has been appointed into a political office by President Jonathan. Ibinabo apointed by President Jonathan on the board of the National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC) on February 26th.

The Lagos State Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has absolved the founder of Perfect Christianity Mission, Pastor Sign Fireman, of complicity in the murder of a 12-year-old girl.

Fireman was absolved in a legal advice by the DPP to the Deputy Commissioner of Police, State Criminal Investigations Department, M.A.K. Smith Street, Yaba. The advice was daed 27 February and was signed by Ms Olayide Eboda on behalf of the Lagos State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Ade Ipaye.

According to Sahara Reporters, just as the residents of the Oyo State capital were recovering from the discovery of a building where hundreds of innocent citizens had lost their lives to kidnappers, comes another gruesome shock.

The singer who has been battling Multiple Sclerosis for a while now is dead. Zara left Nigeria for the US last year where she has been receiving treatment for her ailment, but sadly she lost the battle. She was in her 20’s. May her soul rest in peace.

Popular Actress, Laide Bakare’s Husband, Muttairu Babatunde Orilowo, is on the run. Orilowo, 47, has been declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in connection with a case of criminal conspiracy, obtaining money under false pretences and stealing, According to E247mag: .

A Lebanese businessman, Mr. Nabil Wehbe Mohammed, has been arraigned before a federal high court in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, on a 12-count criminal charge bordering on fraud and issuance of dud cheques.

He is currently remanded at Ikoyi Prisons pending the time the court will rule on his bail application.

A Georgia (United States) teenager went on an epic shopping spree after a bank error in his favour netted him more than $30,000 earlier this month.

The unidentified 18-year-old male, who has an account with the Athens branch of First Citizens Bank, unwittingly received a $31,000 deposit March 7, has already spent almost all of it and refuses to return the money to the bank.

BEY Z is one of the world's richest and most talented couples on the planet. Their net worth is an estimated $775 million. With that kind dough why should their spending be anything but limitless? When it comes to gifts, Beyoncé and Jay Z only buy the best of the best.

The driver of a train that crashed and ran into an escalator earlier this week has admitted she fell asleep at the controls.

Dramatic CCTV footage has also been leaked which shows the moment two passengers had to flee the oncoming train as it ploughed into the platform at O’Hare International Airport station in Chicago, in the US.